Manure-carrier.



PATENTED NOV. 28, 1905.

D. B. CHERRY.

MANURB CARRIER.

APPLIGATIOF FILED JAN. 9. 1904.

2 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DAVID B. CHERRY, OF KNOXVILLE, IOWA, ASSIGNOR TO LOUDEN MACHINERYCOMPANY, OF FAIRFIELD, IOWA, A CORPORATION OF IOWA.

MANURE-CARRIER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 28, 1905.

Application filed January 9, 1904- Serial No. 188,416.

To ctZZ whmn it may concern:

Be it known that 1, DAVID B. CHERRY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Knoxville, in the county of Marion and State of Iowa, haveinvented a new and useful Manure-Carrier, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to the manure-carrier for which United StatesLetters Patent No. 577,722 were granted to me March 16, 1897; and myobject is to improve the manner of suspending and operating a receptacleadapted for carrying manure, &c.,and dumping it at any point along astraight or curved track from which the receptacle is suspended and alsoreadily raised and lowered.

Myinvention consists in the manner of conmeeting a receptacle with afixed track so it can be readily raised and lowered to facilitatefilling it and also dumping the contents therefrom, as hereinafter setforth, pointed out in my claims, and illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of a receptacle andmeans for supporting and operating it as required for carrying manureand such other matter as it may be desired to move thereby from onepoint to another. Fig. 2 is an end view of the receptacle andcross-section view of the track that may be straight or curved laterallyand that shows the operative mechanism for raising and lowering thereceptacle and lifting it to empty its contents therefrom.

The numeral designates a track that is designed to be connected withsuitable supports in a stable and posts or frames outside of thebuilding.

Roller-bearers 12, each provided with a central bore at its bottom, areswiveled to the end portions of astraight rigid bar 13 in such amannerthat the roller-bearers can be turned horizontally in any directionrelative to the fixed track. A roller provided with a flange at itsouter edge is mounted at the top of each branch of the bearers 12, asshown in Fig. 2, or in any suitable way as required for traveling on thetrack 10. Washers 14:, having central bolt-holes, are placed on top ofthe bar 13, and screw-bolts 15 are extended through the coinciding holesin the bearers 12 and said Washers and the bar 13 and also throughcoinciding bolt-holes in hangers and all of said parts jointly andsecurely and detachably connected by means of the bolts 15 and nuts 16on the lower ends of the bolts.

The hanger 17 at one end of the bar 13 is adapted to support a rotatableshaft, and the hanger 18, at the other end of the bar, is extendeddownward to support an axle of a wheel, as shown in Fig. 2. It will beseen that the bar 13 and the brackets 17 and 18 form a substantiallyright-angular frame in which the hoisting shaft or spindle is mounted,thus providing a fixed and stable support for said shaft. Arotatableshaft 19 is mounted in the bearers 17 and 18, and a receptacle 20 issuspended from the shaft by chains or ropes 21 in such a manner that thereceptacle can be raised and lowered by rotating the shaft. An axle 22is fixed to the lower end of the bearer 18 and a sprocket-wheel 23mounted on said axle, and to the hub of said wheel is fixed ahand-wheel24, and asprocketwheel 25 is fixed to the end of the rotatable shaft 19and a chain 26 placed on said wheels in such a manner that by rotatingthe handwheel the ropes 21 can be wound upon the shaft 19 as requiredfor elevating the suspended receptacle 20. vA ratchet-wheel 27 is fixedto the inner end of the hub of the sprocket-wheel 23 and agravitating-pawl 28 pivoted to the bearer 18 as required to retain thewheelslocked and the receptacle elevated.

A frame composed of a straight bar 29, having right-angled bends atitsends, and short straight bars 30, fixed at their central portions tothe ends of said right-angled bends, is pivotally connected with theends of the receptacle 20 in such a manner that the open-toppedreceptacle can tilt, as required, to empty its contents when desired. Aspring-latch fixed to the bar 29 engages the receptacle 20, as

shown in Fig. 1, or in any suitable way engages the bar 29 with thereceptacle, so as to prevent the receptacle from tilting while beingfilled and moved from one point of the track 10 to another.

Having thus described the purpose of my invention and its constructionand operation,

the practical utility thereof will be readily understood by personsfamiliar with the art to which it pertains.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a manure-carrier, a roller-bearer, having a flat bottom providedwith a bolt-hole in the center of the bottom in combination with astraight bar and a shaft-bearer fixed to the under side of the bar bymeans of a screwbolt extended through coinciding perforations in theroller-bearer, the straight bar and the shaft-bearer to rotate on thebar in the manner set forth for the purposes stated.

2. In a manure-carrier, a straight rigid bar roller-bearers rotatablymounted on top at each end portion of said bar, a shaft-bearer fixed onthe under side of each end portion of said bar, a shaft rotatablymounted in said bearers to extend parallel with the said bar, one ofsaid shaft-bearers extended downward, an axle fixed to the lower end ofthe said extension, a hub having a fixed sprocket-wheel mounted on saidaxle, a sprocket-wheel on the end of the rotatable shaft, a chain on thesaid sprocket-wheels and means for rotating the sprocket-wheel on saidaxle, arranged and combined to operate in the manner set forth for thepurposes stated.

3. A manure-carrier comprising an elevated track, a straight bar havingroller-bearers swiveled on the top of its end portions to supportrollers adapted to traverse the top of the track, shaft-bearers fixed tothe under side and end portions of the straight bar, a rotatable shaftin said bearers on the under side of said bar, one of said fixed bearersextended downward and an axle fixed to its lower end to extend outward,a sprocket-wheel mounted on said axle, a hand-wheel fixed to the hub ofsaid sprocket-wheel, a sprocket-wheel fixed to the end of the rotatableshaft, a chain on said sprocket-wheel, ratchet-wheel fixed to the innerend of the lower sprocket-wheel, a pawl pivoted to the bearer to engagethe ratchetwheel, ropes fixed to the end portions of the rotatableshaft, an open-topped receptacle, a frame pivotally connected with theend of the receptacle and detachably connected with the ends of theropes and means for locking the receptacle to said frame, arranged andcombined to operate in the manner set forth for the purposes stated.

4. In a manure-carrier, a horizontally-disposed bar, roller-bearersmounted on the upper side thereof, and adapted to run on an overheadtrack, shaft-bearers afiixed to the under side of said bar, a shaftrotatably mounted in said bearers to extend parallel with said bar, oneof said shaft-bearers being extended downward, an axle fixed to thelower end of said extension, a sprocket-wheel mounted on said axle, acorresponding sprocketwheel on the end of the rotatable shaft, a

chain on the said sprocket-wheels and means for rotating thesprocket-wheels on said axles, substantially as and for the purposes setforth.

5. In a carrying device, a track, trucks adapted to run thereon, a barswiveled to the trucks, brackets depending from the bar, an extension onone of the brackets, a shaft I0- tatable near the top of the brackets, ashort shaft journaled in the lower end of the extended bracket, meansfor rotating the short shaft, and means whereby the movement of the saidshaft is communicated to the upper shaft, substantially as described.

6. In a carrying device, a suitable track, trucks adapted to runthereon, a bar, bolts for swiveling the trucks to the bar, bracketsdepending from the bar, one of said brackets having an extension, ashaft journaled in the bracket, a short shaft journaled in the extensionof the bracket, means for rotating the shaft, means for communicatingmotion of the said short shaft to the upper shaft and suitableconnections wound on the upper shaft for supporting a receptacle.

7. In a carrying device of the character described, a suitable track,trucks supported thereby, a bar, bolts run through the truck and bar forconnecting the said truck and bar and permitting the rotation of thetruck with relation to the bar, brackets depending from the bar, one ofsaid brackets having an extension, a shaft mounted to rotate in thebrackets, a short shaft mounted to rotate in the extension of thebracket, a sprocket-wheel on the short shaft, a sprocket-wheel on theupper shaft. a chain connecting the sprocketwheels, means for rotatingthe short shaft, and flexible connections wound on the upper shaft forsupporting a receptacle.

8. In a feed and litter carrier, the combination with a track, of asubstantially rightan gular frame, brackets mounted upon the upper sideof said frame and carrying wheels adapted to run on the track, anelevating-spindle journaled in the frame, a box depending therefrom, andmeans for turning the spindle.

9. In a feed or litter carrier, the combination with a track, of thesubstantially rightangular frame, the brackets carried intermediate thelength of the frame and provided with grooved wheels supported on thetrack, the elevating-spindle journaled in the frame, the box dependingtherefrom, and means for turning the spindle.

10. In a feed or litter carrier, the combination with a track, of thesubstantially rightangular frame, the brackets carried intermediate ofthe length of the frame and provided with grooved wheels supported onthe track, the elevating-spindle journaled in the frame, the boxdepending therefrom, the sprocketwheel on the end of the spindle, thecounterspindle and sprocket-wheel supported at the bottom of the uprightportion of the rightangular frame, the sprocket-chain connecting theaforesaid sprockets, the ratchet and dog engaging the same, and thecrank-handle for turning the spindle.

11. In a feed or litter carrier, the combination with a track, of thesubstantially rightangular frame, the brackets pivoted vertically andcarried intermediate of the length of the frame and provided withgrooved Wheels supported on the track, the elevating-spindle I journaledin the frame, the box depending therefrom, and means for turning thespindle.

DAVID B. CHERRY. Witnesses:

L. N. HAYS, T. B. AMOS.

